Where I was from -- The problem of landing -- Central crossings -- True north -- The frontier -- Distance from the question, or notes on being asked about a war -- Of prerogative! -- And grinding cry of disaster or notes on Home improvement -- The last video store essay -- Chelydra serpentina -- Indefatigable zeal.
Summary:
"In a country as vast as the United States, place looms large. Steven Moore, a former soldier, writes about place, explicitly rural places, in a way that transcends specificity and speaks to the universal: whether the Midwest, Appalachia, or remote West, what Moore has to say about rural places speaks to anyone who has driven a lonely road at night, with nothing but darkness as a cushion between them and the emptiness that surrounds. Place and how we define it-and how it defines us-is a through line throughout the collection of eleven essays. Moore writes about where we come from and the disconnection we often feel between each other: between veterans and non-veterans, between people of different political beliefs, between regions, between eras"-- Provided by publisher.
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